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Banking provided the unusual connection between an extraordinary restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts, that was built in the late 19th century and the current price of lobster, now at its lowest... |
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From £6.83, €10, Can$19.99 and $22.25 Find this wine I’m highlighting this hugely appealing, well-distributed southern Rhône red because, of use to many British wine... |
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While Nick was in Boston speaking to a group of leading hoteliers, our son suggested we console ourselves at Terroirs, a brand new very wine-minded establishment just opposite Charing Cross, on a... |
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Every year, Spanish wine writer José Peñîn and his team taste more than 8,000 wines to produce their annual wine guide, the Guia Peñín . For the second year running, I went to Madrid to... |
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" The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different." Aldous Huxley. The Kathleen &... |
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This year’s Restaurant Show at Earl’s Court in London contained one unexpected gem. Past the stands displaying the latest in vast washing up machines, gleaming ovens and software packages to... |
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Almost all wine-producing countries are making better and better wines every year but I am seriously impressed by how much more refined Argentine wines are today than they were even two or three... |
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See related thread in Members' forum What is dark, sticky, transforms plain vanilla ice cream into a feast and can cost as little as £6.40 per half-litre? The answer is a varietal... |
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See related thread in Members' forum Below are notes on one of the world’s great undiscovered treasures, described in more detail here . The wines described below are more than 20 of the... |
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From $4.99 and £7. Find this wine Have I gone mad? Choosing a California Chardonnay made by the world’s biggest wine company that can be found in the US for as little as $4.99... |
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The following comments were made before our transformation into a much more sophisticated format. WHAT MEMBERS SAY ABOUT PURPLE PAGES “ There is a personal warmth that... |
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In a nutshell : Icewine and increasingly successful whites and even reds. Main grapes : The usual suspects plus such acceptable hybrids as Vidal and Marechal Foch. Canadians... |
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List of maps by country France Burgundy Côte d’Or: The Quality Factor Beaune town plan Côte de Beaune: Santenay Côte de Beaune: Meursault Côte de Beaune:... |
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The International Riesling Foundation has just launched its proposed Riesling Taste Profile, a graphic they would like to see on back labels of Rieslings to give us wine drinkers a vague idea of... |
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In a nutshell : Especially fine dry Rieslings. Main grapes : Concord and hybrids giving way to the usual suspects. New York state is an important wine producer with five quite... |















